Just six minutes after conceding the opener—
Spurs were dispossessed yet again!
This time, Kai and Arteta combined,
their tight pressing and fierce challenge forcing another turnover…
Even the usually composed passer, Modrić, made a basic mistake.
A simple horizontal pass—
mishit!
The ball spun and rolled straight to Arteta's feet.
Without hesitation, he knocked it diagonally forward to Kai.
From the away stands, Arsenal fans raised their fists in excitement!
The moment Kai received the pass,
with the terrified gazes of Spurs supporters fixed on him,
he wasted not a single touch—
striking through the ball instantly with the inside of his foot!
The ball skimmed across the turf,
a blistering, spinless through-pass,
racing straight into Spurs' back line!
Gervinho surged forward at full speed down the right channel!
Kai's pass was like a surgeon's scalpel,
slicing straight through Spurs' defensive lines—
tearing open a gaping hole in their back four!
White Hart Lane gasped in unison!
Spurs fans clutched their heads in disbelief.
That pass was outrageous!
In Arsenal's attack—
Gervinho sprinted onto it with ease,
meeting Kai's thunderous through-ball stride for stride!
In full flight, he charged into the penalty area!
"Close him down! Damn it, don't let him go one-on-one!"
In front of goal, Lloris roared desperately!
Inside the box, Spurs' veteran defender Ledley King had no choice.
He threw himself in with a reckless sliding challenge!
With the crowd's chaotic shouts ringing in his ears,
Gervinho let out a scream and tumbled to the ground inside the box!
White Hart Lane instantly erupted in a frenzy of noise!
Fweeet!
The referee came sprinting over, whistle to his lips!
He pointed straight to the spot!
The stands exploded in uproar!
PENALTY!!
Just seven minutes into the match.
Already trailing by one,
Spurs' defenders had now handed Arsenal a golden gift—
a penalty kick!
On the sideline, Pochettino's face was ashen.
He slumped down, defeated, under crushing pressure.
With Kai on the pitch, Arsenal's attack was suffocating.
Every pass seemed to slice straight through the heart of Spurs' defense.
In front of Kai, Spurs' back line looked like paper.
There was simply no way to stop him!
Inside the penalty area,
Ledley King dragged himself back to his feet, helpless.
In goal, Lloris' head was buzzing, filled with dread.
Elsewhere, Spurs' players—
Modrić and Bale stood in midfield,
their expressions filled with torment.
Under the despairing eyes of Spurs fans,
Kai stepped up to the spot.
As Arsenal's designated penalty taker this season,
this was his first penalty attempt of the campaign.
From twelve yards out,
Lloris faced him like a man going to war,
his entire body tense!
The referee blew his whistle!
With forty thousand eyes locked onto him,
Kai ran up—
struck the ball!
A thunderous strike!
Lloris guessed the wrong way,
collapsing helplessly onto the line.
Kai's shot thundered into the top-left corner of the net!
GOALLLL!!
Another one!
2–0!
"Spurs' defense gifts Arsenal a penalty, and their captain Kai makes no mistake!
A rocket into the net!"
"2–0!!"
"Poor Spurs! In under ten minutes of the North London Derby, they're already two goals behind!"
The commentators' voices shook with excitement.
London media in attendance snapped frantically at the scene, not wanting to miss a single frame.
After burying the penalty,
Kai turned toward the Spurs stands, pumping his fist!
His teammates came charging in,
embracing him wildly as Arsenal fans roared from the away end!
Under the night sky at White Hart Lane,
the atmosphere was a clash of deafening cheers and despair.
Spurs supporters slumped into their seats in silence,
eyes empty, flags unmoving,
not a chant to be heard.
Conceding twice in the opening ten minutes—
Spurs fans had lost all hope.
At this rate,
this match was already looking like another massacre!
Against this Arsenal side led by Kai,
Spurs fans could feel nothing but despair.
No other emotion would rise in them now.
On the pitch—
the referee's whistle blew once again.
The game restarted from the center circle!
Harry Kane was numb.
Counting the opening kickoff,
this was already the third time in just ten minutes that he had taken the kickoff!
He felt completely dazed.
And yet, Kane's fate of repeatedly restarting the match was far from over!
Just ten minutes after Kai had scored Arsenal's second,
the Gunners came roaring forward again!
Amid the frenzy inside White Hart Lane,
a midfield scuffle broke out along the flank.
The physical clashes between players grew more intense.
Bale tangled with Arteta.
Van der Vaart came over to support.
A subtle sweep of the leg from behind—
and the referee instantly blew his whistle, signaling a foul!
Kai pressed the ball down,
choosing a quick restart!
With the inside of his foot, he swept it hard toward the middle!
The Spurs fans in the stands widened their eyes!
Rosický received Kai's pass.
He carried the ball forward!
Gibbs overlapped into space,
and after a series of quick one-twos with Rosický,
Kai darted into the half-space.
Rosický decisively laid it diagonally into his captain's path!
The moment Kai touched the ball,
Spurs' midfielders swarmed to close him down!
Kai, vision wide open like a god's-eye view,
shrugged off Van der Vaart's challenge,
ignored the pressure from Modrić and Bale at his back,
and lofted a perfectly judged diagonal ball at forty-five degrees!
At the edge of the box—
Giroud rose and flicked on a header,
redirecting the ball toward Van Persie on the wing!
Van Persie twisted midair,
striking first-time with a thunderous volley!
The shot rocketed toward goal!
Arsenal fans in the away end roared in anticipation—
but Hugo Lloris, throwing everything into it,
launched himself across the goal!
Thump!
With both fists, Lloris managed to beat the ball away from danger!
Spurs fans in the stands let out a collective breath of relief.
But just outside the box,
a figure came charging forward!
On the touchline, Pochettino's eyes went wide!
In the stands, Spurs supporters were struck with fresh terror.
At the drop point of the ball—
Kai had broken free of his marker,
racing onto it!
Meeting the falling ball,
he swung his thigh through—
left foot smashing it on the volley!
BANG!
A deafening crack!
The Spurs stands erupted in horrified screams!
Fans clutched their heads in disbelief!
Kai's vicious volley tore through the air,
utterly spinless, like a cannonball out of the barrel!
It ripped through the night sky,
a golden flash—
and thundered straight toward the Spurs goal!
Lloris, who had just pulled off one brilliant save,
was jolted in shock!
He tried desperately to shift his weight,
to spring again from the line—
but it was hopeless!
The speed of Kai's volley was beyond imagination!
In an instant—
the ball screamed through the penalty area,
and slammed violently into the top corner of the net!!
Under the North London night—
a devastating volley strike!!
Spurs' fortress collapsed in ruins!
And in that same moment—
the away end exploded like an earthquake!
A tidal wave of roars crashed through White Hart Lane!
Arsenal fans were in raptures,
their deafening cheers swirling into the night sky!
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